Museum of Sydney

First Fleet Ships
Charlotte
Ship size length: 32 metres (105 feet); width: 8.5 metres (28 feet); weight: 343 tonnes (338 tons)

Demolished: First Government House
Built on a prominent rise overlooking Sydney Cove, first Government House served as the official residence and administrative office for the first nine governors of New South Wales

Permanent display
Edge of Trees
This site-specific piece commissioned for the forecourt of the Museum of Sydney at its opening in 1995 was created by artists Fiona Foley and Janet Laurence

Past Event
Films: Just Not Australian
Watch a curated selection of films that relate to the themes of the exhibition and the included works

Permanent display
First Fleet Ships
This display explores the journey, arrival and first contacts of this fleet’s largely unwilling human cargo

First Government House foundation plate
When the foundation plate was rediscovered in 1899 the site of first Government House was a distant memory

8 June, 6pm
Talk
First Nations Speaker Series
Celebrating NSW Aboriginal languages revival from a cross-generational perspective
![[First Government House, Sydney] / watercolour drawing by John Eyre](https://images.slm.com.au/fotoweb/embed/2022/11/8b76679c68c649dbb0ab45cfb954e5fb.jpg)
First encounters
The Museum of Sydney is built on and around a site that links us to the very beginnings of modern Australia

29 April, 2pm
Past Event
Floor Talk: Meet the Artist and Curator
Join us for an afternoon talk with artists Joan Ross and Liam Benson along with Artspace deputy director Michelle Newton in the Just Not Australian exhibition space